SVB TAPE RELEASE SHOW WITH ROSS GOLDSTEIN SVB lives in Stottville and has made a tape she wants to share. Ross lives in Catskill and is very talented.

Louis Knox "Lou" Barlow is a rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion, Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His first band, in Amherst, Massachusetts, was Deep Wound. Barlow was born in Dayton, Ohio and was raised in Jackson, Michigan and Westfield, Massachusetts. Bunnybrains is a punk/noise/psych ensemble fronted by Daniel Seward. Originating from Danbury, Connecticut in the late 1980s, Bunny Brains has recorded 14 albums with a variety of members. Bunny Brains's output constitutes a wide array of live recordings, self-released records as well as some on more established labels such as 1995's LP put out by Matador Records. Bunny Brains has a largely undocumented role in contemporary rock; they have toured with such acts as Sebadoh, Devendra Banhart, Jackie O' Motherfucker, and Japanther. Bunny Brains performed at The Kitchen as part of performa07 in collaboration with the artist Aïda Ruilova.

Music is rarely described as “brave,” but Quiet in the Head is that. They’re one of those rare trios that doesn’t care about what you think; they defy categorization. The best a baffled listener can do is mutter something about “neoclassical unplugged fusion” – accurate, some of the time. Smooth, melodic violin and cello playing gloss over harp-like guitar parts, the music transforming into extended violin solos that recall Jean-Luc du Ponty. The group is too classically trained to make any truly raunchy sounds, but they border on flamenco, Reinhardt-esque jazz, and general, lurching weirdness (in songs like “Swamp Donkey Origins”). The group is Seamus Maynard on guitar, Jonathan Talbott on violin, and Jonah Thomas on cello. All three are versed in composition, evidenced by the structure in their music. Most alarming is their unified control of dynamics. Their acoustic instruments are amplified, but slightly; the music never gets loud by today’s standards. It does get whisper-quiet, though, and the subtle dynamic gradations are chilling when combined with shambling, bass-heavy cello and guitar parts. The two instruments sometimes trade off the bass line, giving the music a stereophonic feel. This is not dance music. Some feet tap here and there, but Quiet in the Head is not out to party; they present a journey, in the classical tradition. The audience keeps quiet, absorbing the details, even during the transformative solos. Dancers in the crowd are stymied by sudden changes: intense grooving rhythms suddenly evaporate into blurred, soaring harmonies. Quiet in the Head could be another gypsy-jazz group; they’re a drum set and a few amps away from a fusion group; they could be playing Irish reels. They’re the life of the party in a different way, though: three skilled musicians, communicating as one, doing whatever they want.

Volume is a FREE reading & music series featuring prose, poetry and a short DJ set. Every second Saturday at 7:00 pm at The Spotty. Books are available for purchase and signing. This month's writers include: RUTH DANON is the author of Word Has It (Nirala, 2018), Limitless Tiny Boat (BlazeVOX, 2015), and Triangulation From A Known Point. Her poetry and prose have appeared in The Florida Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Post Road, Noon, Versal, Mead, BOMB, The Paris Review, Fence, The Boston Review, 3rd Bed, Crayon, and others. She and her husband live in Beacon, NY. EMMA SMITH-STEVENS is the author of a novel, The Australian, and a forthcoming story collection, Greyhounds. She is currently working on a memoir. Her writing has appeared in many publications including BOMB Magazine, Subtropics, and Conjunctions. She teaches with the Bard Prison Initiative. JEN BEAGIN holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and is a recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award in fiction. Pretend I’m Dead is her first novel. A sequel, Vacuum in the Dark, is forthcoming from Scribner in spring of 2019. A former cleaning lady, she lives in Hudson, New York. Followed by a DJ set from Caroline Elizabeth.

20% of all purchases during the event (yes - drinks, too!! And art supplies!! ALL OF IT!!) to benefit OUTHudson! ABOUT CAMILLE's BOOK When Katie Met Cassidy: "For fans of: pop culture references, hot lesbian sex scenes, bar fights" - Out Magazine "a romance with a big heart and refreshing perspective." Kirkus Reviews "Katie and Cassidy are a joy to behold: two whip-smart women grappling with desire and questioning their deeply held notions of love and intimacy. Perri's book is a real gift — tender, sexy as hell and laugh out loud funny.”—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest Katie was born and raised in Kentucky. She’s a good girl, a people pleaser, and a rule follower. Cassidy is a native New Yorker—who on first look Katie mistakes for a man. Their story is a fun, fast-paced, accessible romantic comedy that—unlike many stories involving the LGBTQ community—is free from tragedy, death, illness, or some other identity-based misfortune. In this way, WHEN KATIE MET CASSIDY is radical without being political. This is the novel that Camille Perri wanted to read, so this is the novel she wrote: a celebratory queer love story that in the current social and political climate can be considered a form of resistance. ABOUT CAMILLE Camille Perri is the author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy. She has worked as a books editor for Cosmopolitan and Esquire. She has also been a ghostwriter of young adult novels and a reference librarian. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University, where she majored in English and Gender & Sexuality Studies, and a Masters of Library Science degree from Queens College. Perri lives in Brooklyn with her partner. ABOUT Now and Yesterday by STEPHEN GRECO Young gay men in love! Middle-aged gay guys with over-elaborate preferences! Highly-paid creatives on deadline at style magazines and ad agencies! Pretty houses in Chelsea, Brooklyn Heights, and Hudson, New York! A funny scene in a paint store! "An often poignant, and sometimes chilling, romance of the creative class." --Edmund White In the three decades since Peter first moved into his Brooklyn apartment, almost every facet of his life has changed. Once a broke, ambitious poet, Peter is now a successful advertising executive. He's grateful for everything the years have given him--wealth, friends, security. But he's conscious too of what time has taken in return, and a busy stream of invitations doesn't dull the ache that remains since he lost the love of his life. Will is a young, aspiring journalist hungry for everything New York has to offer--culture, sophistication, adventure. When he moonlights as a bartender at one of Peter's parties, the two strike up a tentative friendship that soon becomes more important than either expected. In Peter, Will sees the ease and confidence he strives for, while Peter is suddenly aware of just how lonely his life has become. But forging a connection means navigating very different sets of experience and expectations, as each decides how to make a place for himself in the world--and who to share it with. Beautifully written, warm yet incisive, Now and Yesterday offers a fascinating exploration of two generations--and of the complex, irrefutable power of friendship--through the prism of an eternally changing city. ABOUT STEPHEN An arts-and-entertainment journalist by trade, Stephen Greco is Director of Content for Classical TV, which streams full-length performing arts videos online and across platforms. He is also Intelligence Director of True, an advertising agency focused on global transcultural audiences, with bases in New York and London. He is a former Senior Editor of Interview magazine, the program magazine Stagebill, and the New York weekly, 7 Days. Greco has contributed features on the arts and entertainment, style and fashion, youth culture, and new media to publications such as The Advocate, American Way, aRude, Art News, Casa Vogue, Dancemagazine, Elle, Elle Decor, Empire, France, HX, Harper's Bazaar, Latina, the London Observer, the Journal of Movement Research, Manhattan File, New York magazine, the New Yorker, the New York Times online, Opera News, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Please join The Writers Studio students and faculty for a reading at The Spotty Dog. Pamela Erens Author of the novels The Virgins, The Understory, and Eleven Hours (Named a Best Book of 2016 by NPR and The New Yorker). Lynn Schmeidler Author of History of Gone, an Anhinga-Robert Dana Prize for Poetry finalist, and chapbooks Wrack Lines and Curiouser and Curiouser. Joanne Serling Author of Good Neighbors, a debut novel Kirkus Review called "A spicy stew of suburban discontent." The Hudson Valley branch, the newest addition to The Writers Studio branches, operates like the flagship New York City school — with the same workshop model designed to help students discover and nurture their own voices by “trying on” many approaches to fiction and poetry. The Writers Studio Hudson Valley welcomes students at all stages, from those who have only dreamed of writing fiction or poetry to those with MFAs hungry for additional serious, ongoing instruction. Students provide the desire to write and the willingness to learn, and we provide the structure, the technical know-how, the professional feedback and the nurturing community to enable them to reach their full potential. Hudson Valley currently offers two levels of workshops, as well as readings and other public events. Teachers receive the same rigorous training as our New York City and online faculty. Students who travel frequently or have irregular work schedules are welcome to move back and forth among any of the on-site branches and the online workshops. For more information, contact Therese Eiben: 917-733-7770 or theresee@writerstudio.com.

Gut Fauna is on tour from Baltimore, MD with excellent psychedelic dance music. The Secret is a new jazz band from Woodstock and Hudson. They have been meeting every week in Hudson since the beginning of the year to prepare for this event, which is their first performance. Lily and Horn Horse'll try to do a set also.